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Ibero-Americana volume 17
Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
c1976
Physical Desc
522 p. : ill.
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Series
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
xiii, 165 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Description
"Most California histories begin with the arrival of the Spanish missionaries in the late eighteenth century and conveniently skip to the Gold Rush of 1849. Noticeably absent from these stories are the perspectives and experiences of the people who livedon the land long before European settlers arrived. Historian William Bauer seeks to correct that oversight through an approach that tells California history strictly through Native perspectives. Using...
Author
Publisher
Heyday
Pub. Date
©2012
Physical Desc
xx, 217 pages : illustrations, genealogical table ; 23 cm
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"If we allow the pieces of our culture to lie scattered in the dust of history, trampled on by racism and grief, then yes, we are irreparably damaged. But if we pick up the pieces and use them in new ways that honor their integrity, their colors, textures, stories, then we do those pieces justice, no matter how sharp they are, no matter how much handling them slices our fingers and makes us bleed." This book, part tribal history, part lyric and intimate...
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